Midday of Wednesday 16 May
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 1956
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 441 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 16 May
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 17 May
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 04:30 on Wed 16 May to 02:15 on Thu 17 May.
1956-05-15T20:29:52Z → 1956-05-16T18:14:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 16th, 11:51–12:39 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 26450 s
Ruling
Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1956: Wednesday 16 May.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1956 falls on Wednesday 16 May. Saptamī runs from 04:30 on Wed 16 May to 02:15 on Thu 17 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 16 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 16 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 16 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:30 → 11:15 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 16 May |
| Chicago | 15:30 → 13:15 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:23 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Jersey City | 16:30 → 14:15 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Port of Spain | 16:30 → 14:15 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 16 May |
| London | 21:30 → 19:15 | 12:33 | 0 min | 12:33 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Durban | 22:30 → 20:15 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Dubai | 00:30 → 22:15 | 11:51 | 0 min | 11:51 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Delhi | 02:00 → 23:45 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Kolkata | 02:00 → 23:45 | 11:09 | 0 min | 11:09 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Singapore | 04:00 → 01:45 | 12:07 | 0 min | 12:07 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Sydney | 06:30 → 04:15 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 16 May |
| Suva | 08:30 → 06:15 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 16 May |